Affection

Okay so you know how cats and dogs can recognize a kiss on the head as a sign of affection. And I know bearded dragons are limited in their ability to show affection in their own scaly way. But do you think bearded dragons recognize us kissing them as affection.?

I know, I know, you aren't supposed to kiss them, salmonella, blah blah blah. If I was gonna get it, I would have by now. I don't kiss them on the mouth, but I do atop their heads and under their chins. Ill pick up toothless, and kiss him multiple times under the chin, like you would a baby, noises and everything. And when I pull away, he looks at me like he's expecting more and will let me kiss his head all the time. So I just wondered if they recognized it as affection or just tolerance and curiosity.

Picture of Toothless with dried pumpkin on his face like lipstick and Nova "hiding" on my boyfriend for attention because they're cute as heck.

 

[xp29]

Oh they absolutely understand. And for the record the girlfriend and I both kiss on ours to

 

[acidburn01]

Oh they absolutely understand. And for thecrecord the girlfriend and I both kiss on ours to

I swear he looks at me like he does. and when I only kiss him once, he looks at me like, "what.? Only one.??"

 

[Mollie the dragon]

I kiss mine to and she comes back with the lick, she licks me every time i'm near her whether its my face, my hand, my leg and I know its there way of identifying but i secretly think shes kissing me back. Shes so sweet and was def born for me. She has like her little own apartment in my room and if shes happy i'm happy.

 

[acidburn01]

I kiss mine to and she comes back with the lick, she licks me every time i'm near her whether its my face, my hand, my leg and I know its there way of identifying but i secretly think shes kissing me back. Shes so sweet and was def born for me. She has like her little own apartment in my room and if shes happy i'm happy.

Toothless is the saaaaame. I'll be laying with him on my chest in my face or something and will kiss his snout or under his chin, and he'll look at me, sorta tilt his head like he's deciding and then lick me right on the mouth. Or when he tries to lick us and misses, he'll keep licking until he makes contact.

I've always been a cat person and NEVER would have even considered a lizard. But by chance, we found some eggs in the garden and decided to get one and he's been my little soul mate since. He's so tolerant and trusting.

 

[Mollie the dragon]

Toothless is the saaaaame. I'll be laying with him on my chest in my face or something and will kiss his snout or under his chin, and he'll look at me, sorta tilt his head like he's deciding and then lick me right on the mouth. Or when he tries to lick us and misses, he'll keep licking until he makes contact.

I've always been a cat person and NEVER would have even considered a lizard. But by chance, we found some eggs in the garden and decided to get one and he's been my little soul mate since. He's so tolerant and trusting.

wait a sec, there were beardie eggs in yur garden?

 

[acidburn01]

wait a sec, there were beardie eggs in yur garden?

No, sorry.! Not beardie, just regular old garden lizards. We have a ton of those little black/brown lizards or skinks and we found like 12 while digging some dirt up for our garden. We thought they were snake eggs and didn't have hope. But I stuck them in a little bowl with some soil and in the sun and like a week later, there were 12 little babies and my kids (7 and 5) wanted one. For obvious reason, we couldn't keep one and were like, oh we'll go get a regular lizard, thinking they'd forget.

Well, they didn't forget. The following weekend, we went to petco and got a bearded dragon. then got a second one a month later

 

[xp29]

Man that would be soooo cool . I haven't found eggs but i caught a baby house gecko in my garage, i had already found some dead, (it's to cold for them right now) so brought him in and set him up in a small habitat. I'm going to release him once it's warm enough. (I don't handle or try to tame him in any way, and feed him at night when he can't see me), but finding and hatching eggs would be awesome!!!

 

[acidburn01]

Man that would be soooo cool . I haven't found eggs but i caught a baby house gecko in my garage, i had already found some dead, (it's to cold for them right now) so brought him in and set him up in a small habitat. I'm going to release him once it's warm enough. (I don't handle or try to tame him in any way, and feed him at night when he can't see me), but finding and hatching eggs would be awesome!!!

It was neat.! We thought they were snake eggs and wouldn't hatch because of all the movement but I went to look and saw a little black thing blending in with the dirt.

 

[xp29]

Omg they're adorable I'm so jealous right now lol.

 

[acidburn01]

Omg they're adorable I'm so jealous right now lol.

It was adorable. I thought the black one was dead until I reached down to touch it and it bolted in the container and scared the bejeesus out of me.

 

[Pumpkingirl]

Okay so you know how cats and dogs can recognize a kiss on the head as a sign of affection. And I know bearded dragons are limited in their ability to show affection in their own scaly way. But do you think bearded dragons recognize us kissing them as affection.?

I know, I know, you aren't supposed to kiss them, salmonella, blah blah blah. If I was gonna get it, I would have by now. I don't kiss them on the mouth, but I do atop their heads and under their chins. Ill pick up toothless, and kiss him multiple times under the chin, like you would a baby, noises and everything. And when I pull away, he looks at me like he's expecting more and will let me kiss his head all the time. So I just wondered if they recognized it as affection or just tolerance and curiosity.

Picture of Toothless with dried pumpkin on his face like lipstick and Nova "hiding" on my boyfriend for attention because they're cute as heck.

I think they def do! I have a baby who’s only 3.5 months and when I first got her, she used to pull away when I rested my cheek on her head.. but now she willingly let’s me nuzzle her, kiss her, & even lightly squeeze! I think she loves it. She doesn’t resist me or try to get away. I think she likes the warmth and the security.. Now her little eyes close a little like she’s comforted by it